At Ample Urgent & Primary Care, we assess cuts, treat suitable lacerations and minor burns, and remove stitches at 10 Princeton Street in West Hartford. Walk in during office hours for a non-emergency injury. We will examine it and explain the treatment needed.
Call 911 for severe bleeding or trouble breathing. Do not wait for a callback or an online appointment.
A laceration is a cut or tear in the skin. Urgent care can be appropriate when bleeding is controlled and there is no sign of a major injury. A cut that gapes, keeps reopening or looks deeper than a surface scratch deserves prompt assessment. Length alone does not tell you whether stitches are needed.
We check the depth, location and cause of the wound, movement and sensation, and signs of contamination or deeper injury. Treatment may include cleaning, local numbing medicine, stitches, medical skin glue or adhesive strips. Some wounds should be left open rather than closed immediately.
Get a new wound checked promptly rather than waiting for the next day. There is no single closure deadline that fits every injury. Even an older cut needs care if it is painful, dirty or showing signs of infection.
Sources: AAFP laceration assessment; AAFP wound closure and infection questions.
Call 911 for heavy or spurting bleeding, faintness or collapse, trouble breathing, or a serious injury. Keep firm pressure on bleeding with a clean cloth while help is arranged. Do not wait through a timed pressure trial when bleeding is severe.
Wounds involving the eye, eyelid, lip border or important hand structures may need specialist repair. Any animal or human bite needs prompt medical advice, even if it looks small. Deep bites, punctures and heavily contaminated injuries may require hospital care. Do not pull out an embedded object yourself.
A visible layer of fat means a cut is deeper than a surface injury; seek prompt assessment. The full examination determines the care setting.
For an injury without emergency signs, call if you are unsure whether to come here. We still need to examine the wound to decide what treatment it needs.
Sources: NHS emergency wound warning signs; AAFP indications for referral.
Wash your hands if possible. Press a clean dressing or cloth firmly against the cut. Once bleeding is controlled, gently rinse a minor wound with clean running water and cover it. Avoid pouring hydrogen peroxide or iodine into the wound; they can irritate injured tissue.
Do not probe a deep cut, try to remove deeply embedded debris or use household glue to close it. Seek care for a wound you cannot clean. Keep pressure around an embedded object rather than pushing on it.
Sources: Mayo Clinic cut first aid; NHS advice for embedded objects.
We assess minor burns, including small superficial burns and some small burns with blistering. The treatment depends on the depth, size, location, cause and your health history. Redness or blisters alone do not tell us how deep it is.
Care may include cleaning, a suitable dressing, pain-relief advice and follow-up. A burn that seems small can still need specialist attention, especially on a sensitive area or in a child. Ask for reassessment if pain or skin changes worsen.
Seek emergency evaluation for a large or deep burn, white or charred skin, a burn encircling a limb, chemical or electrical injury, or poorly controlled pain. Burns involving the face, hands, feet, genitals or a major joint need prompt professional assessment; deep burns in these areas can require burn-center care. Call 911 for smoke exposure with breathing difficulty or other severe symptoms.
We can check healing and remove suitable stitches placed here or at another clinic or ER. Bring the repair date and discharge instructions. The right time for removal depends on the area, tension across the wound and how it is healing. Follow your treating clinician's plan and do not remove stitches yourself.
| Wound location | Common review or removal timing |
|---|---|
| Face | About 3 to 5 days |
| Scalp or arms | About 7 to 10 days |
| Trunk, legs, hands or feet | About 10 to 14 days |
| Palms or soles | About 14 to 21 days |
Wounds over joints or under tension need an individual plan. We check that the edges are healing before removal. Absorbable stitches may not need routine removal. If the wound opens, becomes more painful or drains pus, seek care sooner than the planned date.
Sources: AAFP general removal intervals; MedlinePlus healing and follow-up.
Walk in during open hours for a non-emergency injury. Tell us when and how it happened, what first aid you used and whether glass, dirt or other material might be in the wound.
We assess the wound and review medicines, allergies, tetanus history and conditions that may affect healing.
We explain cleaning, numbing and repair options. If the injury needs hospital or specialist care, we explain where to go.
We give instructions for dressings, activity, warning signs, wound checks and stitch removal when needed.
Bring your medicine and allergy lists and a vaccination record if available. Tell us about blood thinners, diabetes, immune-system problems or difficulty healing in the past. Do not stop prescribed medicines yourself. The visit time depends on the injury and how busy the office is.
For a child's injury without emergency signs, call about age and treatment availability. Some repairs need additional support or hospital care. Do not delay emergency treatment to call us.
We review your vaccination history and the injury. For someone who completed the primary series, CDC recommends a booster at 10 or more years for a clean, minor wound, or at 5 or more years for a dirty or major wound. Punctures, bites and burns can fall into the higher-risk category.
An unknown or incomplete vaccine history needs a different plan. Certain dirty wounds may also require tetanus immune globulin, a separate treatment. The clinician will explain what is needed and where to receive it. Antibiotics do not prevent tetanus and are not a substitute for vaccination.
Sources: CDC wound-management guidance, updated September 2026.
Follow the instructions for your particular closure or dressing. Ask when you may shower, how to change the covering and which activities to limit. Avoid soaking or pulling on a healing wound. Skin glue needs different care from stitches, so do not put ointment over glue unless instructed.
Contact a clinician promptly for spreading redness or other expanding color changes, warmth, swelling, increasing pain, pus, fever, new numbness or a wound that opens. Seek emergency care for uncontrolled bleeding or rapidly worsening illness.
Sources: MedlinePlus suture care and warning signs; AAFP wound-care guidance.
Dr. Mojdeh Heidari, DNP, FNP-C, is a family nurse practitioner and the founder of Ample. Our West Hartford office provides urgent and primary care, so patients can return to the same practice for a wound check or related follow-up.
We explain the treatment and how to care for the wound at home. If you need services beyond this office, we will tell you where to seek care. Learn about Dr. Heidari or our urgent care services.
Walk-ins are welcome during office hours. Call if you are unsure whether we can treat the injury. For severe bleeding, breathing problems or other emergency signs, call 911 instead of waiting for an office response.
Seek care promptly, ideally the day of the injury. There is no single safe closure deadline for every wound. Location, contamination and signs of infection affect whether and how it can be closed.
No. The clinician examines the wound before choosing a closure method. Some wounds need stitches, while others may suit medical skin glue or strips. Infected or high-risk wounds may need a different plan.
Not every cut or minor burn needs antibiotics. The decision depends on the injury, infection risk and examination. Bites and contaminated wounds need particular attention. Antibiotics do not replace tetanus vaccination when it is indicated.
Yes. Bring the discharge instructions, repair date and recommended removal date. We check healing first and may adjust the plan. Some absorbable stitches do not need routine removal.
No. Leave blisters intact and do not peel the skin. If one opens, keep the area protected and ask for care instructions. Blistering, increasing pain or uncertainty about depth is a reason to get assessed.
Tell the clinician before treatment. Medicines and health conditions can affect bleeding, infection risk and healing. Do not stop a prescribed blood thinner on your own. Heavy or uncontrolled bleeding needs emergency care.
Call for current visit, repair and suture-removal fees. Charges depend on the care needed, and insurance benefits vary. Ask about separate procedure, vaccine, supplies or follow-up charges and available self-pay options.
Sources: AAFP wound-care questions; Mayo Clinic burn guidance; MedlinePlus follow-up care.
Visit us at 10 Princeton Street for a cut, minor burn or stitches that may be ready for removal. Call if you are unsure whether we can assess your injury here.
You do not need an appointment for urgent wound care. For a non-urgent follow-up, request a wound-care visit. We usually reply within one business day and will confirm the appointment. Keep urgent injury questions and medical photos out of the form and regular email.
Call 911 for a medical emergency. Do not wait for our office to reply.
Call to check holiday hours. We must examine the injury before deciding on treatment.
Medical information checked: . Sources are linked beside the relevant information. This page provides general education and does not replace an individual examination.